Beavers — Framed Piece Wildlife pink lateral band

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The landscape fills almost the entire canvas

Glen Loates is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts whose bird watercolours have been collected internationally for over five decades

his wildlife studies of young animals are among the most loved in his catalogue

the whole scene lit with the soft blue and gold of a northern morning

Beavers — Framed Piece Wildlife pink lateral bandTwo beavers one feeding, one stretched up to pull a willow branch closer caught in the soft light of a summer afternoon, surrounded by fireweed and aspen leaves. Glen made this watercolour at the height of his powers, when his technique was loose enough to feel atmospheric and tight enough to render every individual hair on the beaver's coat. Of course Canada's national animal would attract him. Glen worked from sketches and observation done over